Jio Studios and Mango People Media’s Sweet Dreams (UA) is the story of two strangers who dream about each other.
Kenneth Fernandes (Amol Parashar) lives in Bombay and runs an art studio. He sees the same girl in his dreams. He has never met that girl in real life. Dia (Mithila Palkar) lives in Pune and she is in a relationship with Ishan (Meiyang Chang). Mithila always dreams about a boy whom she has never met in real life. It turns out that Kenneth and Dia see each other in their dreams. Also, their dream is similar.
Kenneth visits psychologist Dr. Bose (Faye D’Souza) for his problem. She asks him to go on a holiday for a few days. So Kenneth goes to Alibaug with his friends, Akash (Sukkarann Vats) and Nubra (Ayesha Adlakha). In Alibaug, Kenneth spots Dia and gives her a chase but she disappears. However, he doesn’t give up. Do Kenneth and Dia finally meet? What is the reason for their dreams? Do they come together for all times?
Victor Mukherjee has written a story which hardly engages the viewer except for its intrigue value. His screenplay is just about okay because it keeps the audience somewhat interested but not invested in the drama. Alka Shukla and Victor Mukherjee’s dialogues are average.
Amol Parashar does well as Kenneth Fernandes. Mithila Palkar performs ably as Dia. Sauraseni Maitra is okay as Roop Datta. Meiyang Chang does a fair job as Ishan. Mohini Shimpi lends routine support as Tanushree. Ayesha Adlakha is okay in the role of Nubra. Sukkarann Vats is ordinary as Akash. Faye D’Souza is average as Dr. Bose. Vandana Pathak has a tiny role as Dia’s mother; she is alright. Others lend reasonable support.
Victor Mukherjee’s direction is fair, but having said that, it must be added that he has not succeeded in making a film which can keep the audience engaged throughout. Jam8’s music and background score should’ve been better. The songs are fair. Anjali Khandelwal and Shloke Lal’s lyrics are quite nice. Honoz V.K.’s camerawork is good. Nimishi Misra’s production designing is appropriate. Manikandan Nayakam’s editing is fairly sharp.
On the whole, Sweet Dreams seems to be a case of much ado about nothing, after it’s complete.
Released on 24-1-’25 on Disney+ Hotstar.